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Hace 2 días · Definition. Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) was a Stuart king who, like his father James I of England (r. 1603-1625), viewed himself as a monarch with absolute power and a divine right to rule. His lack of compromise with Parliament led to the English Civil Wars (1642-51), his execution, and the abolition of the monarchy in 1649.
Hace 4 días · The Commons refused this offer, and under the leadership of Sir Edward Coke, the members drew up and passed the Petition of Right. Charles made repeated attempts to avoid ratifying it in a legal manner. He was finally compelled to give his assent in due form. “The Petition of Right,” 1628, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
Hace 2 días · Charles V [c] [d] (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg.
Hace 2 días · Charles Darwin (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent) was an English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. An affable country gentleman, Darwin at first shocked religious Victorian society by suggesting that ...
Hace 3 días · ANNO 1 CHARLES I. Monday next after Feast of Annunciation of V. Mary [25 March]. Jackson (Joseph), clothworker.—Certain tenements near "the ould Swanne" in the parish of S. Laurence Poultney, which he had purchased as surviving executor of Sir James Lancaster, Knt., and by direction of the will of the said James, dated 18 April, 1618, he leaves to the Masters, Wardens, and Commonalty of the ...
Hace 2 días · Book 1, Ch. 11: Charles I. A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. Public Domain. John Noorthouck, 'Book 1, Ch. 11: Charles I', in A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark, (London, 1773) pp. 154-174 ...
Hace 2 días · Charles I and the Aristocracy, 1625-1642. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN: 9781107009905 ; 363pp.; Price: £65.00. Ever since the publication of his book on the Forced Loan of 1626–8, Richard Cust has been recognised as one of the principal figures in 17th-century historiography. His scholarly reputation was enhanced by his ...
